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Types of Poetry and Poetic Elements Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A grouped set of lines in a poem.

a)

Sonnet

b)

Narrative Poem

c)

Free Verse

d)

Stanza

2.

A lengthy narrative poem about heroic deeds.

a)

Epic

b)

Ballad

c)

Ode

d)

Sonnet

3.

A stanza or poem of four lines.

a)

Ode

b)

Cinquain

c)

Quatrain

d)

Sonnet

4.

A narrative poem often set to music.

a)

Ode

b)

Stanza

c)

Sonnet

d)

Ballad

5.

The voice or persona in a poem.

a)

Stanza

b)

Narrator

c)

Channel

d)

Speaker

6.

Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling.

a)

Personification

b)

Denotation

c)

Figurative language

d)

Metaphor

7.

A poem expressing personal emotions or thoughts.

a)

Ballad

b)

Ode

c)

Lyric Poem

d)

Narrative Poem

8.

Poetry without a fixed meter or rhyme scheme.

a)

Sonnet

b)

Free Verse

c)

Lyric Poem

d)

Haiku

9.

A formal poem praising a person or thing.

a)

Sonnet

b)

Ode

c)

Ballad

d)

Lyric Poem

10.

A five-line poem with a specific syllable count.

a)

Cinquain

b)

Limerick

c)

Haiku

d)

Quatrain

11.

A humorous five-line poem with an AABBA rhyme scheme.

a)

Sonnet

b)

Cinquain

c)

Limerick

d)

Haiku

12.

A three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable structure.

a)

Haiku

b)

Free Verse

c)

Sonnet

d)

Limerick

13.

A 14-line poem with a specific rhyme scheme.

a)

Quatrain

b)

Sonnet

c)

Stanza

d)

Haiku

14.

A poem that tells a story with characters.

a)

Narrative Poem

b)

Lyric Poem

c)

Free Verse

d)

Haiku

15.

A single row of words in a poem.

a)

Line

b)

Meter

c)

Stanza

d)

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